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Re: On Today's Practice

If a Syncronized Swimmer drowns, do the others follow?

Is it not interesting how ego gets hung up on words?

Let's be truthful since we are discussing un-truth; god, allah, yaweh, jehovah, braman, self, non-self, emptiness, nothingness all refer to the same phenomenon.
If one makes a distinction one falls into the same trap of xenophobia that incites demonstrations, riots and eventually wars.

The Tao that can be told
is not the universal Tao.
The name that can be named
Is not the universal name.

In the infancy of the universe,
there were no names.
Naming fragments the mysteries of life
into ten thousand things and their manifestations.

There is a fellow in Australia who with his colleague claim that everything is simply wave motion in space.http://j.mp/XlPcT
What we experience is the collisions of energy waves. Who or what can tell how long it takes to break down 'old' thinking?

Descartes stated, "Cogito ergo sum." I like to think the reverse is true; "I am therefore I think."

Isn't the real question, "Who am I?"
If I am a spark of life energy that flashes in universal time, Am I still the same bundle of energy that was concieved in my mother's womb and will last until I reach nirvana? Isn't the universe continually subjected to change?
Am I simply the persistence of memory that extends from the past and projects into the future?

If Americans throw rice at weddings, do Orientals throw hot dogs?

If olive oil is made from olives and corn oil from corn, where do we get baby oil?

How long will we be subjected to these lies?

This could go on ad infinitum BUT,
(Did you) Ever notice how a train of thought eventually pulls into the station of Ridiculous?

"I want to say without hesitation that the purpose of our life is happiness."
- His Holiness the Dalai Lama

Re: On Today's Practice

Lao Tzu wrote:

Break into the peace within,
Hold attention in stillness,
And in the world outside
You will ably master the ten thousand things.

All things rise and flourish
Then go back to their roots.
Seeing this return brings true rest,
Where you discover who you really are.
Knowing who you are, you will find the constant.
Those who lack harmony with the constant court danger,
But those who have it gain new vision.

They act with compassion;
within themselves they can find room for everything.
Having room, they rule themselves and lead others wisely.
Being wise they live in accordance
with the nature of things.
Emptied of self and one with nature, They become filled with the Tao.
The Tao endures forever.
For those who have attained harmony with the Tao
will never lose it,
Even if they bodies die.

Even so, there is never room for hatred, ignorance or greed; let alone anger.
The mystical moments, deja vue, the coincidences, the harmony are all part of the magic.
Be thankful;
Dance and enjoy the music, these moments will never come again.

May this offering bring peace to all sentient beings.
May our thoughts and meditations contribute to the harmony to the universe.
And, may all hearts and minds be opened to the Present.